Feingold calls for legislation to rid election campaigns of corruption

Former U.S. senator Russ Feingold on Tuesday called for disclosure laws to expose "corruption" in election campaigns.

Such legislation would identify of large-money donors to political campaigns who, under current law, can remain anonymous, the Wisconsin Democrat said.

"We obviously say in Wisconsin there's no such thing as a free lunch," Feingold said. "I would say there's also no such thing as a free $10 million contribution. It's obviously going to be corrupt in nature and that's what's going on, but it has to be uncovered." »Read Full Blog Post

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Oh look everybody, the very first comment on the topic is from someone who supports Walker and Paul Ryan, politicians who both supported voter ID ....which was supposed to resolve the non-existant problem of voter fraud. that support would suggest that this person would support *any* legislation, regardless the side introducing it, if it meant less corruption right???

but when a former politician, who happens to be a democrat, who by the way is calling out members of his own party, suggests we need legislation to expose corruption in campaign (and unlike voter fraud, we have substantial, documented proof it exists) it's instantly dismissed and downplayed....that sort of logic sounds fishy to me....

@paulryanrocks - voter fraud does exist but not to the extent where specific legislation was needed....where's the proof, beyond the onsey, twosey examples that supporters of voter ID bring up....take off your partisan blinders....they're embarrassing you...

I love when liberal nitwits proclaim a problem does not exist, when it does exist. Yet, the same liberal nitiwits will proclaim a problem exists (i.e., 'climate change' or 'global warming') when it does not exist.

If you are exceeding the speed limit but there are no cops to check are you breaking the law? You bet. How do you prove voter fraud if there are not checks. You are correct it cannot be proven, but we have illegals here, illegally working, illegally skipping paying taxes. Do you really doubt they do not vote?

What I don't understand is, why does any normal citizen disagree that campaign donations should be public? Don't you want to know who is supporting your elected officials? Or are you just going to turn a blind eye, as long as it gets your guy elected? Candidates for public office should absolutely have to disclose where their money comes from, because then everyone can see which special interests have politicians in their pockets. People who oppose this are only acknowledging the obvious, that they don't want the general public to know who is supporting their preferred candidate. If anyone can come up with a reasonable argument for keeping campaign finance private (aka the PACs) then by all means, reply.